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It’s Sarah Jessica Parker’s birthday so it’s time for some highly questionable morals.

We all know and love SJP (as she is known) from her time as Carrie Bradshaw on Sex and the City, that HBO comedy series that you either love, love to hate or actually love even though you tell everyone you hate it.

To celebrate SJP’s big day we’ve taken a look at the (possibly unrealistic) life lessons we got from Sex and the City.

1. Cosmopolitans are an enjoyable drink and will make you look sophisticated

If you’ve ever had a Cosmopolitan cocktail you have also probably namechecked Sex and the City. (If you say you haven’t you’re clearly a tremendous liar) and sipped your cocktail while feeling fabulous.

She was devastated and ended up ranting to a stranger about in a club. That’s always the worst

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4. Life in New York is obviously really glamourous

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The best thing about the show was seeing New York in all it’s glory while trying to figure out just how someone who writes a weekly newspaper column can afford designer clothes, a decent sized apartment and to eat out every night of the week.

We have concluded from our thorough and purely scientific viewing of the show that New York is in fact the city of dreams and we should all just move there and have Cosmos for breakfast. Every day.

5. It’s not weird, it’s just fashion

The STYLE of those Sex and the City girls, sure didn’t they wear some great rig outs all the same?

The show was great for showing us mere mortals how to really jazz up our look no matter how outrageous.

Even though she’s meant to be extremely cynical and spends several seasons rocking a really unflattering haircut, Miranda is the only one of the women you could imagine as an actual person (maybe it’s the haircut).

Before she gets super glammed up in later seasons Miranda is the stressed out, work-aholic one who talks like a real person might as opposed to the other girls who always seem super polished at all times.

Basically, we’re all like, total Mirandas.

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11. People falling down is funny / inspirational

The best Sex and the City moment is the episode where Carrie falls down on the catwalk.

It’s inspiring because she gets back up and looks wonderful and like you always to do that in life etc etc

Also it’s really funny because people falling over is always funny. Always.

(some NSFW language in this clip if you are for some reason watching SATC clips in your office)

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